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. 2022 Nov 30;35(4):e00086-19. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00086-19

TABLE 2.

Concentrations of antifungal agents in bone and synoviuma

Antifungal agent Concn(s) in bone and bone marrow Concn in synovium Concn in nucleus pulposus
Amphotericin B deoxycholate Bone marrow, 2.7 μg/g (dosed at 0.6 mg/kg), 8.0 ± 1.7 μg/g 0.29 μg/mL; 40% of plasma concn Not detected
ABLC Bone marrow, 35.4 ± 12.7 μg/g No data available Not detected
ABCD Bone marrow, 7.5 μg/g (dosed at 0.6 mg/kg), 9.9 μg/g (dosed at 1.2 mg/kg), 3.3 μg/g (dosed at 2.5 mg/kg), 96 μg/g (dosed at 5.0 mg/kg) No data available
Liposomal amphotericin B Bone marrow, 39.5 ± 4.7 μg/g (dosed at 5.0 mg/kg) 0.79 μg/mL; 140% of plasma concn
Fluconazole Bone, 33% of serum concn 14.19 ± 5.07 μg/mL (horse) 10.86 ± 21.42 μg/g; median value, 3.7 μg/g
Itraconazole 470% of plasma concn
Voriconazole Medullary bone, 20.3 μg/g; cortical bone, 1.9 μg/g 30% of plasma concn (human); 60% of plasma concn (horse)
Posaconazole No data available No data available
Isavuconazole Bone, 0.048–0.070 μg (eq/g); bone marrow, 0.054–0.822 μg (eq/g) ([14C]isavuconazonium sulfate orally at 5 mg/kg as a single dose to rats) No data available
Caspofungin No data available No data available
Micafungin No data available No data available
Anidulafungin 4,830 ng/mL (male rats at postnatal day 4 dosed at 10 mg/kg once), 9,600 ng/mL (female rates at postnatal day 4 dosed at 10 mg/kg once), 7,220 ng/mL (all rats at postnatal day 8 dosed at 10 mg/kg once), 6,050 ng/mL (male rats at postnatal day 4 dosed at 10 mg/kg once, 7,800 ng/mL (male rates at postnatal day 8 after multiple doses at 10 mg/kg) No data available
5-Fluorocytosine 30% of max serum concn, 15% at 2 h postinjection, 6% at 4 h postinjection 41% of max serum concn
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Data are from references 5 and 715. ABLC, amphotericin B lipid complex; ABCD, amphotericin B colloidal dispersion.